We Dress Down To Raise Others Up
Denim for Dollars is a fundraising effort led by staff members in which employees who choose to participate donate a minimum amount each City payday to wear jeans. Employees select one of three causes they would like to support — First Responders, Social Outreach or Animal Wellness. The funds are then donated to different organizations within our community.
Since 2015, Beach Municipal FCU and our members have donated more than $26,807 to our Denim For Dollars recipients.
During the previous quarter, our employees elected to send their contributions to the following organizations:
In 1981, a small group of individuals from the Southeastern Tidewater Opportunity Project (STOP, Inc.) of Hampton Roads recognized the issue of hunger in their community and came together to address it. With $50,000 in grant funding from the USDA, they started the initial infrastructure. What began as a Community Food and Nutrition Program was established as a non-profit organization and one of Virginia’s first food banks just a year later.
The original purpose of this organization was to serve as a regional clearinghouse in collecting and distributing unmarketable but edible food to appropriate non-profit organizations for their food programs. With 73 member agencies, they distributed 400,000 meals in their first year.
Since then, the Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and the Eastern Shore has proudly provided more than 380 million nutritious meals to our neighbors in need. Through our programs, facilities, and large network of community partners, we work to eliminate hunger daily. Our understanding of the need for a long-term solution aims at moving Hampton Roads closer to achieving the mission of eliminating hunger for those we serve—not only for the day, or for the week, but for a lifetime.
Our Mission is to create a more humane and responsible community by eliminating animal suffering while increasing human compassion.
We provide shelter and care to approximately 2,600 homeless companion animals each year. We implement every available option to ensure that healthy and treatable animals in our care have a pathway to adoption, while also providing community resources to help keep pets in homes. You can read about some of our programs and community resources below:
Meet our current animal residents looking for forever homes.
Learn about our mobile Neuter Scooter services and vaccine clinics.
Inspire young animal lovers to create a more compassionate community.
Join the mission and become part of the VBSPCA team.
As a member-owned, not-for-profit credit union, we have a passion for helping our community. To learn about our areas of focus, donation guidelines and how to apply for support, please visit Considerations for Support.
Beach Health Clinic Foundation
Blackwater Volunteer Rescue Squad
Chesapeake Beach Volunteer Fire And Rescue Department
Davis Corner Volunteer Rescue Squad
Department of Human Services Holiday Project
Friends Of The Virginia Beach Mounted Police
Friends Of VA Beach Juvenile And Domestic Relations Dist Court
Friends of Virginia Beach Animal Care and Adoption Center
Habitat for Humanity of South Hampton Roads
Hampton Roads Community Foundation
Judeo-Christian Outreach Center
Kempsville Volunteer Rescue Squad
Ocean Park Volunteer Rescue Squad
Princess Anne Courthouse Volunteer Rescue Squad
Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness (PATH)
Thalia Volunteer Rescue Squad
Virginia Beach CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates)
Virginia Beach Community Development Corporation
Virginia Beach Crime Solvers School Program
Virginia Beach Education Foundation
Virginia Beach GrowSmart Foundation
Virginia Beach Police Foundation
Virginia Beach Police Supervisors’ Association
Virginia Beach Police Benevolent Association
Virginia Beach Professional Firefighters Local 2924